{"product_id":"the-girl-from-foreign-9780143115779","title":"The Girl from Foreign","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sadia Shepard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fascinating and intimate, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Foreign\u003c\/i\u003e is one woman's search for ancient family secrets that leads to an adventure in far-off lands. Sadia Shepard, the daughter of a white Protestant from Colorado and a Muslim from Pakistan, was shocked to discover that her grandmother was a descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community shipwrecked in India two thousand years ago. After traveling to India to put the pieces of her family's past together, her quest for identity unlocks a myriad of profound religious and cultural revelations that Shepard gracefully weaves into this touching, eye-opening memoir.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408453296279,"sku":"9780143115779","price":2163.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143115779.webp?v=1767309929","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-girl-from-foreign-9780143115779","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}